I know there have been plenty of knockdown, drag out, blood-for-blood battles in RC pylon racing, and I’ve been in this for over ten years now. But by far, the closest, hardest-fought, toughest battle I’ve ever witnessed unfolded today in round 4.
The Canadian-designed "Streaker V" model swept the top 3 podium places this time out.
AMA Class I Mouse Race is arguably the simplest of all the book racing events. Only reed-valve .049 engines are allowed and all contestants used versions of the Cox Black Widow .049. There are no engine restrictions.
The Saturday before the Navy Carrier events were scheduled to start, the gentleman that was scheduled to be the event director had a family emergency that prevented him from attending the 2026 AMA Nationals
Glenn Lang (left) and Chris Martin after a good day’s work! Chris is the 2026 EF1 National Champion.
Now hold on a second. You mean to tell me that a virtual rookie who has been flying pylon for only a few years can come out here and win EF1 at the Nats? Well, that’s exactly what Chris Martin did this afternoon.
Ed Mason Flying his electric powered Lockheed Constellation.
One thing that you can count one with a Control Line (CL) Scale contest is that you never know what the other pilots are going to fly. The definition of CL Scale is that you fly a miniature version of a full-size aircraft.
Mike Couts holds the starter motor as Bill Hughes holds Dave Rigotti’s 21 Proto, getting ready for another speed run.
Welcome to the first of four days of Control Line Speed. We flew four different classes of Speed today: 21 Profile Proto Speed, Formula 40 Speed, ½A Profile Proto Speed, and Sport Jet Speed.
Today started the official days of competition. The contestants were greeted with cloudy skies, very light wind and cooler temperatures. The clouds stuck around for most of the events